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  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
ORGANIZATION
  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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Profile
Hirotsugu KIKUCHI,
Professor
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University
Contact Information
Address: 6-1 Kasuga-Koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580
E-mail: kikuchi “at” cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp (but replace "_at_" with "@")
Personal Homepage： http://kikuchi-lab.cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp/eng/
Fields of Interest
Soft Matter, Liquid Crystal, Frustration, Electro-Optical Effect
Professional Experience
1986-1993 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
1992-1993 Post Doctoral Fellow, IBM Almaden Research Center in the USA
1994-2005 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
2005-present Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Education
Dr. 1991, Kyushu University
Membership of Academic Societies
The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society, The International Liquid Crystal Society The American Chemical Society, The Society for Information Display.
Awards & Honors
  1. Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan(1995)
  2. "Award of the Outstanding Paper" Published in the Polymer Journal (1995)
  3. The Award of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society for Outstanding Paper (2003)
  4. The Society for Information Display Special Recognition Award (2009)
  5. The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2011)
Research Project
Creative Development of Fusion Materials using Highly Organized Organic Molecules
Selected Publications
  1. Shibayama, S., Higuchi, H., Okumura, Y., Kikuchi, H.
    “Dendron-stabilized Liquid Crystalline Blue Phases with Enlarged Controllable Range of Photonic Band for Tunable Photonic Device”
    Adv. Funct. Mater., 23, 2387-2396, (2013).

  2. Choi, H., Higuchi, H., Ogawa, Y., Kikuchi, H.
    “Polymer-Stabilized Supercooled Blue Phase”,
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 131904/1-131904/5 (2012).

  3. Higashiguchi, K., Yasui, K., Ozawa, M., Odoi. K., Kikuchi, H.
    “Spatial Distribution Control of Polymer Nanoparticles by Liquid Crystal Disclinations”,
    Polymer Journal, 44, 632–638 (2012).

  4. Choi, H., Higuchi, H., Kikuchi, H.
    “Electrooptic Response of Liquid Crystalline Blue Phases with Different Chiral Pitches”,
    Soft Matter, 7, 4252-4256 (2011).

  5. Choi, H., Higuchi, H., Kikuchi, H.
    “Fast Electro-Optic Switching in Liquid Crystal Blue Phase II”,
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 131905/1-131905/3 (2011).
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